News/Canada (Page 13)

Canada Walmart updated its logo for the first time in nearly 20 years. The internet has thoughtsThe retailer boasted in a news release that the new look reflects its evolution. Walmart applauded its colour palette (true blue and spark yellow), font (“everyday sans”) and trademark “spark” symbol, calling the latter “aContinue Reading

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.  We could be talking about laundry just as easily as we could be describing decades of research on the household division of labour. Like the laundry that never goes away, research on the gender gap has shown us the same pattern over and over: women still take on moreContinue Reading

Pauline Frost, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in northern Yukon, usually looks forward to late January, when the winter sun returns to her Arctic village. This year, however, feels different to Frost. The predictable return of longer days happens to coincide with something much less predictable, and hugely consequential: Donald Trump’s return to theContinue Reading

Cyberattack hits hundreds of schools across Canada Parents and caregivers across Canada were informed of a data breach involving software named PowerSchool, which is used across North America to store student information. A flurry of school-related emails hits parents’ inboxes most weeks — from pizza lunch flyers to school tripContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s repeated musings about Canada becoming part of the United States have — unsurprisingly — raised hackles in Ottawa. “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell,” shot back Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while the Finance Minister Dominic Le Blanc noted, “The joke is over.” Opposition leaders are similarly irked, with Conservative Pierre Poilievre asserting “Canada will never beContinue Reading

Calgary There’s a new limit on the interest rates Canadians are charged when they take out high-interest loans — a move aimed at preventing what the federal government calls “predatory lending practices.” Industry officials worry more Canadians could turn to illegal lending services Karina Zapata · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

British Columbia Firefighting aircraft provided by the Quebec government and a B.C.-based company are helping to battle the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area. Aircraft from B.C., Quebec helping out as 1,000 structures destroyed, at least 2 people killedThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 08, 2025 1:44 PM ESTContinue Reading

Canada The Mounties are asking Canadians to come forward with any information that can help U.S. authorities probe the attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. Attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited Ontario in July 2023, investigator says Geoff Nixon · CBC News · Posted: Jan 07,Continue Reading

NL High winds and high waves have hit downtown St. John’s hard, damaging businesses and collapsing at least one structure. Strong winds, rain, and snow projected for parts of the island Waves ‘like a 12-inch pipe of water’ damage Battery structures in St. John’s High winds and powerful waves brokeContinue Reading